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VOL III, NO. H?
NEWPORT NEWS, VA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1898
A Ji, A A
LARGEST
CIRCULATION.
DDTflT SINGLE COPY, TWO CENTS
I lVlV^lL ONE WEEK, TEN CENTS.
FT ON THE BEEP
Coal King Arrives After Being
at Sea Thirteen Days.
WAS .PICKED UPTHURSDAY
? Hart a Supply of Fro
Did Not Sutler A:.y Hard.
Hilton. Story or the ""
Trip.
After drifting aimlessly on a stormy
se'a tor fifteen days t'he barge Coal
?King, Captain Peter Nelson, which
slipped' her tow on the night of Satur?
day. January 1, off Fcnw.ck Light, ar?
rived in port at 4 o'clock yesterday af
terot.ion in tow of the tug boat C. W.
M'or.-c.
The Coal King, which is a regular
trader at this port, It'ft Boston on De?
cember 31. with two other barge;, in
tow of the tug Luck-.-beet.
All -went wein till t'he following day,
when Hie wind began to blow a fien.?
gale fr m Uhe! Northwest, causing the
sco. to become turbufient. At 10 o'clock
Sai'crday night -he hawser snapped. It
wois intensely ctork, huge waves were
rocking the vessel and the s'.gnal was
not discovered by th-a Luck-n back. Cop.
tain Nelsim hauled the laige anchor
over the star bound, giving it sixty-five
fathoms or c-hein, and was mak.ng
ready to let g-> the small anchor, when
the chain boi ling r.he one already over?
board parted. This left the barge at t'he
mercy of the sea. The wind bat
ago.nst the canvas, Hoping the ir.iuti
sail from it* fastenings. Then the
spanker was carried away.
(But t'he master and his crew of three
m-n were undaunted. Taking the gib
fwhicb was loft, they m?rte a mainsail.
The wind shifted, driving the Coal
K,ng due East, as she was laying to
the wind. Several days later another
fler.ee gale blew u;> and swept owaty the
improvf-red mainsail, leaving the barge
helpless.
After drifting about for six days the
seh'.oner Joseph N. Elliott, bound
?from. Boston to Chariest,'!!, hove in
sight. The lu.i g- was then about 150
miles due East of New York. The mas?
ter r>r t'he schooner spoke to the Cel
King, asking Captain- Ncilsor. if he
needed assistance. With the exception
of a small supply of (lour Captain Nel?
son had suff.cient provisions to last
the crew fVir several weeks. He asked
for flenr, which the master of the- El?
liott very generously gave him.
Three days later the Chesapeake and
Ohio steamship-Greenbrlcr. bound from
^London io Newport News, was sighted.
QrjreM.ur.0r, Captain Nelson told
gfter for the Daily Press, passed
distance, but made no offer of
)^ee. 'However, he (Captain Nei
d to be reported. This was
miles East of New York,
.-ere the only vessels sighled
? the' Coal K.ng tili- at 7:45 i/clock
?Thursday morning, when the- tug W. C.
llOi-H-, bound*-from Boston to Norfolk
vi-ih two barges in tow, tpo'-ce :? ber.
-The barge was then drifting t avard
; the coast in the -direct.on- of New York
arid was about forty-live miles south of
Asecon Light. Finding that the tug was
coming to these wa ters Capta'n X?. lsor.
'asked to be towed t (ward the ccast.
The hawser was made fast and tht
? -barge arrived- yesterday with all w-11 on j
board and a goodly supply of provisions j
left.
- The Ocol King is an oid hinder at
Chi- poit. For file last two years she
(has been making regular trips to this
?harbor, loed'ng steam coal for New
York und Boston.
A represenfia.il ve of the Dally Press
interviewed Captain Neds', 'n as soon as
he dime ashote. The master of tht
birge was somewhat excite! when he
landed and hastened* to the telegiap!
.'?fiflce t?> send, a dfe-aith to his family
in- New York, so as t'o 'iSliT^-e-, t'hem of
the suspire they have undergone for e
fortnight.)
When it was- first rep irtey that the
Cool King! ho i1 slipped her tow it wfc;
thought -ijpe ves-ei hacl gone down, a?
t'he sea ??s very rough. It was also
. reported 'feat the- crew had g meagre
Sloppily c.fc prov!s!or..s and it was fe>*fc!;{r-j
that everg-f th-e barge bad not been lost '
aH hundsjf^ board would peHsh-, bu.
.Captain Sfel-on paid "his men had plenty
to eat a* the:e wia-s no la - k of fuel.
Oaptat, Nelson takes it as a ba-diomer
that bis vessel Should have g ~ve adrift
on the/f?.st jay 0f tiie new 'jear to be ;
piekejf Up ?n 1Bt, thirteenth, and sailors
Will Regard the vessel with superstition.
Tile 'Coal King will await her turn a'
'"s'piers and take on a cargo.of c-ol
%0 Boston.
THE V. & <>- TVX1 ALICE.
S?st Equlppttd lion! in Theso Waters foi
Fighting Eire.
The Chesapeake & Ohio tug Alice,
'-Which arrived h.re last week from the
yard of. her builde.-s-, is the best
"equipped tug in these waters t-ff fight?
ing flues.
The Allitv is cipalile of pumpir.g 1,500
gallons of water a minute. The Helen
?'W pumps' TOO gallons a minute, but
when "her new pumps are put Sn place
she win he able- to send a- stream at
.. Wie rale or 1,000 gallons a mipute.
With these two Rpivnd d fire fighters
the Chesapeake & Ohio will Pt in posi?
tion to better cope with con-nogratiions.
The Wilmington- Every Evening of a
"?'recent date eomtained t-h? following In
Reference to the tri-ail trip of the Alice:
VThe Chesapeake-'& Ohio tugh- at Ali':*. ?
.the Jacks- m & Sharp Company,
. fro-ar'the marine railway I
' <ftlve-n a trial trip on the
-ffif?foer. a? far,as Bellevue anel
returni. The trip was very satisfac?
tory to t'he builders sr.d owners. The tug j
is the finest owned by the Chesapeake
?& Ohio Railroad' people, being complete
in eveO.v- detail. Tinve on board Cur?
ing the trial were Vice-president E1
. wood C. Jacks-m, Superint'endemt Ohas.
C. Rlobb and Edwin Kerahow, of the
.Jackson & Sharp- Company: Captain
Coote-ey, su peri rot enCti>n4 of floating
.property; Captain J. S. Hires, assistant
superintendent of floating property,; W.
8." Morris, super!htenilent of motive de
partrrent, of the Chesapeake & Oh' .
and Fron:is Matthew.?, chief er.gine.-r
of the Neale & Levy Company, of Phil?
adelphia, which built the ma-ih!nery."
Stole From His Mother.
John Ailen, the negro who was ar
ire/sted several nights ogo by Patrolman
VS. T. Ray-field, on a warrant charging
htm with stealing a boat from a man in
Sm'ith'field and who has since been ta
?ken to that place for trial, is a weK
known' character in this city.
Allen's nr it her lives on Twenty-fourth
street, between Jefferson and Madison
?vemues, and is a hard working woman.
Ht is rilleged that a day or so before he
war? .arrested Allen stole his mother's
Bible.- several flat irons an'j'a mug, bar
iterl'agt them for whiskey. He- was in
?^-tiegted w"-r"',.\bfme^ncer placed' him
THE MASK AND WHJ CLUB.
Minstrel ami F reo Entertainment by Ama?
teure at the Opera Slonso Last > Jgttt.
A crowded house greeted the Mask
and Wag Oliib at the opera house fcist
night on the occasion of i'ts first appear?
ance before the public.
The preformance was ' an .am?
bitious undertaking and reflected cred?
it upon ithe organisation.
The program opened with a minstrel
presen'tabion. in which T>r. H. M. Smith
carried off the honors. .'His black-faced
turn was very amusing. 'Dr. Smith and
Mr. Krouse, as the two """Musioj!
M.ikes," entertained Ithe audiience on
various instruments for fifteen mlnutts.
One of the cleverest bits of acting
gtven in the whole peTforma.nce waej by
Mr. !Ed. Kelly, who Impersonated an
Irish hod-carrieir in-a sketch wkh Mr.
CliffoTd.
A novel Ceiatture of the program was
the silent Zouave drill by memfce.rs of
the Huntington -Rifles. The intricate
motions with 'the rifles were cleverly
executed by the drillmen in perfect ca?
dence and as one man.
The entertainment closed w.ith the
one-act faroe "Id On Parle Franoais,"
p?rl'cr-med by local amateurs. The
players ca.rried their respective roles
very sifisf icioriiy, winning the plaudits
of the audience quite fequently.
1?. A. Winslow on Trial.
In the Corporation Court yesterday
morning tine aase -of .the Commonwealth
vs. 'D. A. Wlnslow, .indicted for feloni?
ously shotting "Long" John Tteynolds,
was -taken up and the accused placed
on trial, but the taking of testimony
was not concluded.
Common wvol'th's Attorney J. K. M.
Newton is conducting the prosecution
andiMr. Wlnslow -is-represented by At?
torney R. M. Lett and Colonel R. E.
Hoy kin.
It vr'.'M be remem-bo:ed that Winslow
and Reynolds some weeks ago set out in
boats to solicit order., from a steamship
which was erateiri-ng the river, the for?
mer repr. sen ting Roberts, "Winslow &
CU., ship chandlers, and the latter
wo.king in the interest of the Newport
News Supply Company. The two boats
came together some distance from the
piers ar.U- a dispute arose, resulting in
Rtij.nolds being ?bot by Winslow with a
iS-caliber revolver. ReymHas was as?
sisted to "his boarding house on Wash?
ington avonue. where he removed the
ball with a ixiiir of pincers.
Reynolds and 'Mr. J. R. fil'l were the
'mi-nclpal witnesses examined IS>r the
St?be yesterday.
Mr. Kraii Rrtonw From Washington.
Postmaster Read returned yesterday
morning from Washington,wnere he has
been for several days on business in
connection, with the city iMWtofflce.
Postmaster Read said to a reporter
that he felt confi-l nil the x?-.
port News public buil-J.ng bill will
pass1 at this se5-i)n of c ngress.
He was assured that if any of the pub?
lic l*iMUEng appropriations were granted
that f ir Newport News would lie among
the first.
Finding that the bur-iness of the of?
fice was greater than could be conve?
niently handled by the fauir regular car?
riers. Mr, Read motile application at the
fostoffice department to have Mr. Ho
ban put on route No. 1 for another
xim't'h to assist Carrier Scull. The ne?
cessary permission was granted and-Mir..
Hobam will' go on duty eadiy.
The sub-station in East End will be
established' February- 1.
Itritnrlt fif the Epworth League.
A branch of the Epworth League1 was
organized a: the Chestnut Avenue M.
E. durch Thursday even rig by the pis
tor. Rev. M. S. O donna, Jr. Twenty
flve took the pSeige and were enrolled
?as . harter memheis. The following of.
ricc-ns were ^.letetedl:
B. H. EOwardt??President.
Clarence N..rs\vorthv?First vice-pres?
ident.
Cl&Tenee A. Withrow?Second vice
president.
?Miss V.oggie Kd'.vard-s--Treasurer.
Miss Maggie RaynVld?Secretary.
The devotional meeting will be held
ivery Monday evening at 7:30.
Farmers Convention Today.
The convention- of farmers to consid?
er the beet su.gar riroject will be called
to oi'Jer in the opera house this after
. noon at _1 o'clock.
A commit' te,--T'W'riR.the Business yen's,
Association hos charge of the arrange
nent.<\ Several well known- speakers
will be present;
It is expected that there will be a
large attendance of farmers ttom the
nelghboring counties. The reports of
the committees nam?l at the last con
v ntion will be heard todiy
Mr. Hilly. r's strainer.
M'r. E. C. HMyer bos purchase. H the
small st\amer C. W. RiOdey for the
STewjiort News Surply Company.
The Ridley is a pretty little craft of
11 b ins gross, and has been plying in
the harlxir at .Richmond for some time
past. ?
Mr. HiKiyer paid ^1.900 for the little
steamer, which wilB be used by t<ht
Newport News Supply Company in the
fhip chandlery business.
The Ridley is now working under, a
Richmond license. Her ownjers will be
required to take aat a 1 c.ii r cense.
Peter C. fHolgee is master i..f the Pad
ley.
Police Court.
The following cases were disposed of
n the police court yesterday: .
El za Bryant (nilored). charged with
'elnnious shoolins; continued for ten
daysr.
Charten Stamp (colored), petty lar?
ceny: sixty days in jail.
John SptatKy (colored), petty larce
ly; continued.
?Frank Ash worth, workinig cm Sunday
'del vering beer from a -wagon); fined
$2 and costs.
N. w Freight Care for the C. & O.
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railroadl has.
Just ordered one thousand cars from the
Pullman Palace Car Company.
This-n liWng stock is needed on accoun.t
of thv; company's increased freight busi?
ness, and will cost in the neighborhood
of $500,000.
Those cars will be used in the heavy
freight tiafflc from Newport Nvws to
the West.
Colored V. M. C. A. Axlcx for lionkn,
A Book reception will be hefid under
the auspices of the Y. M. C.A. on Th?rs,
lay nignt. January 20th, at the ihal'l, cor?
ner of Jeffer.*-.ni avenue and Twenty
? th'r-.K street. The object of the reception
will be to solicit book* suitable for a, li?
brary, as this isjniuch needed in the
cl ly.
Lannchlnfr of t he Battleships.
The day the Kentucky ana Kearsarge
are launched Powell Bros, & King will
sell 800 lots at auction at Merrimac.
on car line, and on Hampton Roads
water fornt. Maps and full Information
can he had by calling at their office.
Ja4-tf.
New Company at Work on
the System.
STRINGING THE WIRES.
First. Conversation With Norfolk II. !,] Vcs
terday Afternoon. )Llue Will be Ex?
tended to Richmond and Pro.
bably to Hall I more.-.
The Citizens' Telephone and Tele?
graph Company will shortly 'have its
systtem in operation do this city; In
fact, communication with .Hampton,
Norfolk, Portsmouth and Suffolk was
established yesterday.
iFor the last week workmen have
been engaged in ereobing. poles and
stringing wires, asnl the work of putting
in "phones was commenced yesterday.
The first conversation mas held with
Norfork at 3 o'clock yesterday after?
noon, when the lln* was tested. A
'phone was placed on a pole in front
of the Newport '.News Military Acad?
emy and the centra* station of the
Southern States Telephone Company In
Norfolk rung -up. The line ' worked
well, and although an electric current
of 3,000 volts was humming near the
wi*-e, words spoken in modulated tones
were diisptinct.
The first 'phone in ?? business nouse
was placed In the Ideal .Pharmacy late
in the afternoon, and another was loca?
ted in Klor'a JBast End drug store. In
order that th&metaUc circuit system may
be tested the public will be allowed to
use the 'phone service today. free of
cliorge, and conversations may be .held
with Norfolk. Portsmouth and Hamp?
ton.
As yet it has not been decided where
tiie central station will be located, but
it will probaibly bo w>m*Thw? on Twen?
ty-seventh street. betten Washington
and Lafayette avenues.
Attorney W. J. 'Nelms, counsel for
the new company, stated to a Daily
Press reporter last night that the sys?
tem would .be in operation by the first
of February with 100 'phones. The line
will be eonneebed with Hampton. Phoe?
bus. Fox Hill and Old (Point, and sub?
scribers will not be required to pay
extra for communicating with these
p.ilnts. In 'Norfolk the system will be
conn.wected wiith the Southern States
Telephone Company, which 1,300 sub?
scribers, and the cost of communication
wi'.H be fifteen cents. Portsmouth, Suf
IV.Ik and Franklin will also be connec?
ted.
It 4? -onlj- a matter or a shont time
when the system wi'll be extended to
Richmond and nro?ably Indefinitely
westward. Mr. New.'ctn C WaKa, of
?llaiurebon. Va . sheriff 'of Augusta e.mn
ty, was In the city yesterday and hud
?i comfeirence wiith Mr. 'Nelms. Mr.
Watts is the manager of It*? larr-r-*-'
elephone system In the Valley of Vir
eintav and Iis line ev'-n ls as f.?tr a?
Hmlim, W. rva. Mr. Watts Is now ar
?rnsvng to build a new line to Rich?
mond, taking in Roanotke. Ctoajrlottes
viWe and Lynchburg, and it ds under?
stood that lie will connect with the wire
which the Citizens' Telephone arid- Tel?
egraph Company proposes to run to
Riehmvind.
It is believed thai a long distance
lin.^ will eb established'betweenNewport
News and Baltimore in the course of
the next six months.
TOMOKKOW AT THE CHURCHES.
Subjects That Will be IJIseussied by Local
Minister?.
Services will be held' at the various
churches tomorrow as follows:
St. Paul's Episcopal church. Rev. J.
Francis Ribbje, rector.?Setviees at 11
A. M. and 7:30 P. M. Text in the morn,
ng: Psalms 127 : 1?"Except the Lord
build the house, they labor in vain that
build, it." Evening text:^ Acts 28 ^28^^
"Almost Urem persiuadesV" me t? HB
IF.rst Baptis.t-c'liurch. Rev. C. CjBU ?
pastor.?Services at 11 A. M -n?H '
Second Bai5^?*j--?/hur(,n_ ^ftv Thomos
J. -MacKjjr^stor_sei.vite et 11 A. M.
andJ^St) P. M. Subject in the morning:
TJSTs the BPble Teach a First Resur?
rection cir Shall the Just and Unftis
R'se Together?" Evening su'bjec': "A
Straight Gate and How to Entir It."
Chestnut Avenue Methodiisi church.
Rev. M. S. Cedonna, Jr.. past jr.?S-i v
ices at H A. M. and' 7:30 P. M. Subjt-et
in the morning: "Life Abouai ling,'' in
the evening: "Chi'istiun Llb;r:y."
First Presbyterian ehuiren, Rev. E. T.
WeliTord. pastor.?Services at 11 A. SI.
and- 7:80 P. M. Subject in the morn?
ing: "Infinite Quasion;" in tile even
ng: "Wealth of Christendom."
Thirtieth' Street Chris i in ehurch.
Rev. W. R. Motley, pas'.or.?Services at
11 A. M. ar.d 7:30 P. M.
Washington Avenue M. C church,
Rtv. B. F. Lipscomb. pa'tor.?Serv:ces
at 11 A. M. andl 7:30 P. M.
Chestnut Avenue Methodist church?
Services by pastor. Morning topic:
"Life Ahoiir.dlrug." Evening topis:
"Christian Liberty."
Elect ion of Officer*.
At a meeting of Magruder Camp, No.
30, Confederate Veteians, held last
night, the following officers were-elected
for one year:
Commander?W. W. Faulkner.
First Li-utenant Commander?Chas.
H. Bir.ns.
SScontii lieutenant Commander?H. S.
Mcl'hcrson.
Th '.d. Lieutenant Commander?J^hn
B. Suit.
Adjutant?Thomas N. Eubank.
Quartermastcr?C. Blanford.
Sergeant Majotr?H. H. Epes.
Treasurer?Ceo. B. West.
5 Chaplain'?W. F. Stinnett.
Officer of the Day?T. A. Lacy.
Vidette?H. J. Fleury.
Color Seigeant?W. P. Brett.
Color CJuard?H. P. Didlake.
Color Guaird?J. P. Dunnavant.
Executive .Committee?C. H. Blnns, H.
'S. MePherson and J. B. Suit.
The camp adjourned to meet on Tues?
day, January 18th, 1898, at 7:30 P. 'M., in
the courtholuse-.
Paris Sails for New Vork.
The American Line ?teamer City lelf I
Paris, which has been at the shipyard
for the. ilast tntee weeks undergoing ner
annuad overhauling, saiiled yesterday at !
noon for New York, where she will re?
sume her transatlantic trips.
Will Sail This Morning.
The flagship New Yoik and1 the bat?
tleships Indiana and Iowa will sail this
morning on that much-talkedi-of cruise
to Southern waters. These vessels have
been in Hampton Roads malting prep?
arations for the cruise. They had their
cal bunkers replenished here.
! Deposit your clothes money with us.
lit will pay you good interest.
1 WOOD-WAIR? & WOMBLK.
CITY NEWS IN IHME!'.
Mr. H. TV. Hassel! spent "ygqterday in
Morrison.
Mr. J. P. Womble has returned from
a visit to Smlthfleld. ? K'-'
Mr. Sydney Smith is -aXM to -he out
after several days' illness, -j. , V
Mise Mamie McKenzie is the'guest of j
the Misses Winfree in t'lw Eafet-End.
Mir. Thomas Lark in, of WUtoin-gton.
is the guest .4 his brother,}; Mr'./Peter
Floyd.
The ipublie school examinations began
yesterday ami wUt continue, throughout
next week. v>'??.'.. j
Miss <Patty Gamble, of Msgrlson, is
visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A'. Johnson,
on Hamipton avenue, East Rod..
Mrs. Henry Ainsiey and...^.4lughler.
Belle, 'have returned to Suffolk, after a
short visit to her sister, Mrs. Poin
dexter.
Mr. and Mks. I. Eugene .White are
regstered at the Hotel Warwick. They
have Just returned' from an extended
sojourn in California.
Mr. antf "t. L. MaTsden have
t returned! fronr Norfolk, whef? they
went ooi attend t'he "debut party? of
JMiss Beslse Marsden Thursr?jr night.
Great Senior Sagamore C. W'.xAdams,
of this city, assisted in the liistfeljijtio,i
iof the newly elected officers ofr?ronicco
Tribe, No. 79. I. O. R. M.. in Norfolk
Thursday night. EU *.
"What to Read" was the suSject <jf an
entertaining and instructive tejeture de?
livered by Rev. C. C. Cox las ti night be?
fore the studlen ts of the Newport News
Military Acedemiy.
Mrs. R. A. Clayton ha* returned from
Norfolk, where she has bee?? visiting
her sister, Mrs. Derring. wihof-has been"
1 critically ill for some time P^^L Mrs.
?Derring- is. somewhat improved^.
COMMITTEES KKT?KS HOME.
w ?
The Charter AnipiidiiimH to Ite? Jlvported
l'uvoruhiy to the LegiKhtiurc.
The commlUees from theteommon
council and the h. tarvi of school trusty* ?
of this city, which appeared Before the
House committee on counties,pities and
towns in RlonmoTwl ITi-urrsCiay^iatfht, to ,
urge a favorable report on ihie bilis j
amenllting the charter of Newport Newn,
returned home yesterday, haying ac?
complished: th?l<r mllsslon.
There was no opposition whatever to
the. bill in which the greatest interest
centered', namely, the act to Authorize
the Council to isieue bonds to the amount
of $140,000 for specified pubHc^improve?
ments. It was agreed before ioe com?
mittee went into session that ithe bill
should be favoral ' reported svith the
alteration that th.,-original SBVotrnt of
$125.000 shi old be increased to $140.000.
The Council on the passage Of the b.ll
will be "authorize!' to expend the
amount reaiiz-.d from the sale .of $7fi.000
of certificates of debt or bonds in con?
strue.ting sewerage for the city, -the
anvciunt realized Crom the. ?-ale'x>f $1<>,000
of certificates offi-.lebt or bond's for build?
ing, -construetint'and equipping In the
city a jail, a police staton house and an
emergency hospital, and the amount re?
alized from th* sage ot $50,000
"?f cerlifii-alts <-4 debt or bonds in. ac?
quiring the fee-simple title to rhs ???<- .?
s.ny reali estate for and in -baUJing,
?oni$t<ructing and equipping WRh:t*uita
ble appliances school buddlflgSSis. the
city for the use of the public /^rn'ools of
the same." . ; .
j 'From the foregoing it ?wiH"'H>e<'-S-een'
that $50.000 will be set apart fvr S-hool
purposes and the School Board win now
! lose no tim^ in making Its plans Tot
on| large new building and any other
additions and alterations to the present
quarters as may be neeessa-iy.
To^the seoendi bill there was some op?
position, Attoreny A. S. Segar appear?
ing as the representative of the Old
Dominion Land Company and the New?
port News- Shipbuilding and Dry Dock
Company, both corporatkms having de
j te-rmined to fight the passage of any
bill intended to amend the charter with
respect to the issuance of bonds.
The bill reads in part as- follows:
"The Council maiy by a three-fourths
vote of all its m- mbers, in t'he name and
tor the use of the said city, cause to be
ing at saidl election who shall then own
any freehold interest In real estate in
I the said city and Lwo-thtrda of said legol
voters voting at said election who shall
then not own any freehold interest in
real estate in said city, shall have vt:ted
in favor of issme of said certificates of
debt or bonds."'
Mayor Post first aiJiressed the com?
mittee, setting forth rhe' needs of the
city and urging a favorable report on
the bill.
Attf rrney Segar fcMlowedl claiming
that the bill as proposed was not suffi?
ciently restrictive and did not throw the
proper safeguards around the issuance
of bonds. He offered an amendment to
the bill intended to make the charter
read practkally as it does now.
?.irromonwealth's Attorney Newton
male a strong appeal In behalf of the
bill, urging the necessity of having a
charter that wouldi oblige the freehold?
ers to vote on the question of bond
issues. He maiife a favorable impres?
sion and evidently cse-nvinced the com?
mittee that it was its duty to report the
biS.1 favoiably, as after .a short execu?
tive session it announced that both
bills would be recommended to the
HI: use for passage.
Mr. SegaT gave neitice that he would
fight the latter b.ll in the Senate.
J RNTEREI) A CLOTHING STORE.
Negro Cluirgeei With Honsebre?king Ruh
Down.
.Mr. Solomon Sehugrnan's clothing
stoie. No. 2712 Washington avenue, was
entered early cyesterday morning by a
thief who stole a 'lot of clothing. The
entrance to the store was effected
through the rear door, the thief pry?
ing off the lock.
Deputy City Sergeant Victor B. Bar?
clay was notified- vi the hout-e-breaking
n 'the afternoon and he left Bhe city on
horseback in search of -the-robbeir, g-ing
i'n the diiroction of York county. When
libnt four miles from Buzzards' Roost,
in that county, Mr. Barclay espied a ne?
gro welkins along the road with a bun.
die under his arm. 'tiding up to the
negro Mr. Barclay dlrew his revolver,
poked' the weapon in the negro's face
and ordered' him to halt.
"Bi.es. I'bomght dese clothes," said the
negio before he was accused of stealing
them.
'Viet In front of me and keep the mid?
dle of the road," ordered the deputy ser?
geant.
On arriving at a fatrm house Mir.
Barclay borowed a buggy and brcugbt
his prisoner to the city, arriving late in
the afternoon. A: the city Jail the ne?
gro salldl his name was George Owens.
The package was opened- and found to
contain new cScifhlhg, tomeSstlng of
coats, trousers arid vests, Mr. Sehug
.mati has identified the goods.
National Committee Meets
in St. Louis.
ADDRESS FO THE PUBLIC
Populluta Glv Oat II.? U. tall* of Their
Plan for Faking a Referendum
Vote of the Kmik anil *Ue
of Th?lr Party.
(By Telegraph.)
ST. LOUIS. MO.. Jian. 14?The na?
tional committee of the People's party,
which met here yesterday, has issued
an address to the people of 'the United
States, in part aB follows:
"The fusion movement consummated
?at St. Louis to JjUly. 1SS6, and -the In?
excusable treatment -of our candidate
for Vice-President In the campaign
that followed, gave rise to such dilssat
?isfaotlon among the rank and file of
?the People's IParty as to threaten the
aosertute dismemberment of the only
political Organization honestly contend?
ing for the social and political nights of
?the la?oring and producing classes of
the country.
"It has beer, the purpose always of
the committee to be courteous to the
national committee and our supreme
deal re has been at all Ulmes to promote
*? harmonious co-operation with the
said committee, that factional differen?
ces might be obliterated, our party
prestige regniined and our organization
.restored to its once splendid" estate.
The oommltitee feels confident of its
ability ito snow that It is no fault of
ours that the national committee is not
present aa a body 'today, but it dries not
choose to 'waste valuable t^nie.in wrang?
ling over questions o>f officiail etiquette.
We avow it to be our sincere purpose,
tww as ever heretofore, to promote in
every honoranle way the reform move?
ment on the true 'Populist lines, and wo
deem- the issues too momentous and
the dangers threatening free govern?
ment too in*miinent 'to allow us to pause
to consider personal grievances or af?
fronts, or U> permM wounded dignity,
real or imaginary, to overthrow patri?
otic duty.
"Und'.r pres-nt crvivl)'.lions our "beloved
organization Is slowly but surely dis
'.'rttegralting and our comrades are clami
.rlng for aggressive action. Having Tn
valn impantuned those who assumed to
lie our superiors to permit n<f to aid
them in 'the grand wvrrk of re-organiiz
ing the People's Party, that It may ae
campllsih its glorious mission, we now
appeal to the people, (the true source of
all political power."
The referendum committee appointed
's aw follows:
Messrs. ff>ixon, Missouri: Tracey, Tex
?*vs; Rieynol">s. Illinois; 'Maizinger, In
liana and' MdG negor. Georgia.
A number of rules were adopted for
the government of the national organi?
zation, among them a rule It hi* t the na?
tional organ Izotlion committee shall
5ubm.it to a vote of the People's Party
amy proposition when petitioned 'to do
so 'by not less than 10,000 members of
"the parly.
On the adjournment of the organiza?
tion conrmilttiee of 'the People's Parity
?.he members of the national commit?
tee present met ?t the Lacledo Hotel
and adopted 'the following resolutions
"Resolved. That we, the members of
the national committee present, endorse
the action taken by the organization
?omuiittee and recommend irha.t its pro?
visions be carried into effect, believing
that such action will harmonize all dif?
ferences in the party."
There- were seven-ty-four members or
the committee represented by members
present or proxies. <and letters who ra
vored a Joint meeting of the national
commlttae and organisation commit?
tee In the spring. 'Furty States wer~
represented at this meeting.
national organization commHte?. and
George IF, Wash-burn, of Massachu?
setts, member of the national executive
commit'tee, were among t he last to lea ve
the city. 'Both -men are highly pleased
with the prospect of a unification of
their party and a prospective settle?
ment of a clamor for a new party. A
madonlty of the national committee
have expressed themselves in fa.vmr of
an early conference for adjusting their
i-irficuUlea and outlining a policy foi
1900. The leaders of 'the 'Middle-of-fhe
Road element expressed themselvs to
lay as desirous that the work of re-or
!?anis?xtK>n be conducted strictly wi.th'n
he party so as 'to meet the approval
>f the national committe*.
THE MONETARY COMMISSION.
Indiana Member Before the House
Banking Committee.
(By Telegraph.)
WAlSrHINGTON. Jan. 14.?Mr. Robert
S. Taylor, of Indiana, a member of the
monetary commission, was again oefore
the Hruse bunking and cuirenioy com?
mittee at today's session-. He referred
to the inadequacy of the banking facili?
ties in the South and West and sug?
gested- that for the present this countiy
must look mainly to independent, small
local banks Pot the relief which is need?
ed, though he conc-c-ie.'j an extensiv*
system ?.f branch banks might have a
more effective tendency to equalize rat*.?
of intarest.
Mr. J. W. Fries, the Noith Carolina
member of the commission, sketched
briefly the prevailing conditions in the
South and particularly in his own state.
He created a smile by explaining that
North Carolina was conspicuous for
two things?it tarnished the country ths
i great apostle of discontent, Colonel
Leonidas Polk, and it also furnished the
, larger part o fthe output of cigarettes,
t Which are regardedi as harmful to the
j youth of the country.
Diopping into a more serious strain,
Mr. Fms went on to say that the peo?
ple of North CVirotina are clamoring for
money. He did not> think that this
meant cheaper money, but better facil?
ities for the transaction of business.
This, said he, can only he ^seeureld' by
the establishment of such a banking
system as win m-ake it possble that the
people will get. the facititie?.
Mir. Fr.es' statement laste! through?
out the d,iy. The committee then ad
J armed untU Monday, when Secretary
Cage and ex-Seoritary Fairchild will be
heard further. -
Dr. D. S. Harmon', optician. By a ex?
amined free. S68 Main trtreet. over B
and 10 cent store, NorfolV, Va.
de i 2-tf.
WJCEKL.Y TIRADE REVIEW.
Bright Prospekts For lleavv Business
This Year.
<By Telegraph.)
IN.EW YORK. Jan. 14.?R. O. Dun &
ftmpatiy's weekly review of traie will |
say in its issue tomorrow:
"The year has openel wl'h a very
satisfactory prospect. It is all the bet- I
er that ther! is n. ivil 1 excueiii.-n't
n the speculative market, and while ]
stocks advance a tittle, sraia yields
little. The payments througn principal
clearing^ous._-s. nottwHhstanlln.s a <
crease ait New York, owing .to less |
activity in stocks, are 2.6 per cent,
larger than in 1S112 and 10.1 per cent ]
larger outside of New York. Earnings j
of all the railroads in the United Prates j
reporting for December. 143,361,279. in?
dicates substantially the ?auie rate of
increase, exceeding last year * by 10 f>
per cent., and the earnings of 1892 ?r.r
the same roads by 1.3 per oen'.. Sinei
1S92 was on the whole the most pros- j
pernus year thus far, comparisons indi
?a'tte. notwithstanding the lowest prices
ever known, that the volume of busi?
ness is larger, and in spite of some
cutting of rates, the earnings of rail?
roads 'thaai in' the best year v>? past |
history.
"The wheat market has been curious-"
ly languid, yielding 1-4 cent, although
Atlantic export* amount to 6,056.7X3
bushels for the two weeks of January,
against 5.7S3.717 last year and Pacific ,
exports for the week have been 1,979,
076 bushels. Western receipts continue
so heavy that with the greatest accu?
mulation of wheat at Chicago ever
wnown there is little encouragement
for speculation and receipts were 5.
727.250 bushels for two weeks against
3.098.668 bushels last year. Corn ex
ports^con-Linue large, amounting to 8.
V66.6S8 bushels against 3.147.652 bushels
for the week last year. The priee de?
clined about 3-4 of a cent. Spot cotton
is a sixteenth lower for midland uplands
mainly because of the stoppage of some
mills by difficulties about wages. But
nothing is definitely known about the
quantity of cotton yet coming forward
and one report of creditable character
puts the year's yield at 10.570,250 bales,
though results thus far do not quilte
quiie justify so large an estimate.
"The iron furnaces in blast Januiry
1 report an output of 226.608 tons week?
ly. n.gninst 326.024 weekly December 1.
with an increase of S3.4SI tons in the
unsold stoeks held by furnaces. While
this shows a consumption of 52 1-2 per
cent, larger than a yeara go. there
would be <llscouraiging indications of
consumption but for the fact that sev?
eral furnaces were stopped for Wie hol?
idays, and these with several "ethers
have started s;nre January 1, while the
d-emo-rul fi r finished producta has not
diminished. Ti e Pennsylvania railroad
hfl? ordered 100.000 tonn of sfreei rails,
and a new-railroad iin Maine 12.000 tore*,
and oilier orders for oars, railroad sup?
plies, platte?, has and structural mate?
rial are usually large for this season.
"The woolen manufacturers hav*
been buying wool, largely amd for reas?
ons not publicly explained. It is evi?
dent that large orders have be<?n tikeri
by the leading mills alt pniees which
they find satisfactory, and the rush of
small mills to buy wool h.as made most
of It-he market during the "past week,
although scale-s have been declined
about 40 per cent., compared with the
previous weelt. But there Is denldedly
better demand for men's wear goods
amd the makers look forward to a. good
?eSsc*. ' Tit? ? cotton ..ffiaBitfavrt.urers,
heavily overloaded by excceSive pro
Juotfcion, find no Increase In demand,
and no gain In prices.
"Failures for the past week have been
349 in the United State,*, ftgain-et? 455
last year, and 45 In Canada, against
71 last year."
NEW YORK, Jan. 14.?iBradstreefs
tomorrow will say.
''Distributive trade remains quieit,
mild weather throughout the country
j tending to check the distribution of
I winter goods. Prices generally remain
?teaidy and tend upward-, except ful?
some grades of iron, and orders for
spring t-i Li-l ?-. where received, are en
'Uraging. Industrial activity is most
lanifest in the West, where the de?
li nand for iron is very large. A feature
I of ithe week was the placing of an order
fully hiioH
idue-tion. it b? hoped In"
will bs ?v?; rtohr4 ?uffle!??nt1y
?f the advance of 20 to 40 cenls per ton
I being main-Mined. Weather has been
Msappoinitilng sit the north woft. but an
mprove.mcnt in the demand deveh>ped
lit some centers ns the week advanced.
I The rush to Alaska Ira's already begun
?n the Pacific roast. .Freight charter?
lire reported lower. iExpirt trad'S c-n
I tinues large, a gain of S per cent on the
vtn! export.'? of breadstuff's, cotton.
I mineral, oils, ca*!? *.nd hogs and pro
i visions bel-ng shown b(?lh for Deeembe'
vnd the calendar year. The recent Jtall
"n? off In wta! exports prove, as wa?
'nd.icatifd la?*- wek in Brad-street's, to
I have T>e-^n due t-i the usual holiday
ltiiet and not to any flailing off of de?
mand from abroad. The total export?
,f wheat, fl.mr included as whei.t. from
fhe United F.Mies and Oatwjda for th:s
vi-ofc aimounted to ?>.135.166 bushels
|rarni-nr?t 3.4SI.000 bushels last wp->k. and
??.94R.nno .bushels this week a yeor ??
V2O2.OO0 bushels in 1896. and 3 564.000
'iii-b^ls 1-n 1S95. Corn pyrvvte* fir the
.veek -show a caln of 1.000 noo bu=hel=
m^onrting to 1.641.000 bnoh?ls. ag.a.'n-i'
11.455.000 las-t week, and 3 336.000 busheV
?n.tbe orresnoiidinrr week of 1S96.
,? \va? expected, we-klv far'-l-uref
sligihtlv "ifmilar in number, ^imoun.t
ng to 323 this vw*. airalnot 333 la?t
?>d?. 478 In t.hio n-pp-k n. voa1- a?o, 41?
1S96. 378 ir.13{15and 404 in 1891."
Ktioill Fire Laut Evening.
Fire broke out last night about 7
'clock in the boarding house kept by a
ncgress named Laura Tirslew on Seven?
teenth street, opposite Mr. J. B. Jen
mings' saloon. Hose Company No. 4 rr
? ponded to the alarm and culckly ex?
tinguished the flames, which originated
from a defective flue. The damage was
very small.
IDETRolT AT KEY WEST.
(Bv Telegraph.1
KEY WEST. FLA., Jan. 14.?The
crui?er Detroit arrived here at midday
from Haytl. The Montgomery has ju-st
arrived. Fhe brought a barge from
Tampa to he used in loading warships
wmVh k'.'rnw too much wa'er to lie '?<
'.he docks, with cool. Th>- Mai hlehea I
will leave t.imorrow morning ?or N.ivas.
I ?a.
A Happy VVi
Is the hou<;ekec-per who buys her coal
and wood from the Warwick Coal and
Wood Co., Twenty-eighth street, ja 14 tf
The Hag ship hand will play at the
{Hotel Chamberlain this (Saturday) ev?
ening. Dancing. jaltlit
Proceedings of the Senate
and House.
MEASURES ' INTRODUCED
of Oratory LctLoosa In the Dlscus
a i>I Mr. Murphy's Whipping Fo?t
Kill. Atlantic Telephon? Com?
pany to be Incorporated.
(Special to the -Daily Press.)
RICHMOND, VA.. Jan. 1-4.?In the
Senate 'today Mr. Mellwalne, as chair?
man of die committee on courts of
lust'loe. asked that Ms committee bo
?barged from the further consldera
iion of. the bill reducing, salaries of
county Judges, and thai .the,act t* re*
retreat tu the special committee on re?
trenchment olid reform. His ~ motion
was agreed to.
UttVr. Maynaro stated that he was not
present 'the other day when the vote
by whiich the Kizer bid, requiring stree
Keepers -to provide seats for female
'.lerks, was rejected, was reconsidered
ma .the act passed, lie desired to be
recorded as boing in favor of tire meas?
ure.
On motion of iMr. James, the bill pro?
viding fur the expenses of the boards
of directors of the' 'State hospitals was
recommitted to the committee on pub
stiilutdons and education.
Ta.te. by request offered a 'bill
(No. 210). amending the law in relation
do marriage licenses. The only change
prop-j-sed Is to give to the clerks of cir?
cuit courts the same au fhorlty to Issue
licenses as belong now to county
and Corporation Count clerks.
Other bills [introduced were these:
By Mr. St. C'Jalr (INo. 200)?To amend
nd re-enact section 10 of an act Incor?
porating the Buckharn' l?on and Im?
provement Company.
By Mr. Liotcher ,<tNo. 211To amend
and re-enact seetInut.''2S35, chapter 132,.
of the Codi", includang, pool, bllliardw,
pocket-billiards and bagatelle In the*
statute enumerating ctf?aiin thdng?
upon which money may^not he ad vane- -
" ttuderils at Incorporated colleges
under 21 years vif age, with the cc
rfarents or officers of the lnst.1
to which they are attached.
By Mr. 'Morris (No. 115)?In re
i hunting pant nidges in Alb?
junty.
Upon motion of Mr. 'Mcllwain
HouseJ bill empowering J. R. I
and others to erect a wharf on
land on iBackwater Creek In .'
ampton county, and the House 1
corporating the Sussex, Surr;
luthampton Ttaillroad Company
passed under a suspension of -the
The following other House bill
passed: ??. gj?
In relation to w.-irkinR'-..l&.
:ads in Nansemond counRS?*-^
In relation to the issue..pS^pflj
the city of 'Roanoke. '??< *A"
To prohibit the huntingpti*A
in Chesterfield, Prince,-sftejoffe
Charles Oily. - K;'" ',
For the relief of V* H.//E
treasurer of ?".ildd-lewx
I>lm*l!n?T <taw-la_aiS*HlS.tii
irnwn bv supervisors, etc.
The Senate bill tor the relle
B. iBeamer and others, and Sen '.. i
relating to hunting partridges
oemarle were passed.
The Senate in executive sessi
tlrmed the appointments of R. j
of Grayson, and George W. Kli
Rappab-annock. to T>e members
Board of Visitors of the Deaf,
and mind Institute. These ge:
will succeed Oen. George X R
of Amelia, and .Captain R. S. Turk, of
Stau num.
The whipping pon bill was before the
House today an..:> the (flood gates of ?:ir
itory we;e wide open. S?venal unim?
portant amendments have been offered.
An important amendment was offered
by Dr. Chart s Smith, which provides
for the inll etion of stripes on wife beat.
The reading of the amendment was
oHause.
Hu bus.
3,npefA'Isors
>r each city, to"
.he support and- maintena
ltd disabled Confederate
heir respective counties and cities.
The making of this levy is entirely op
ion'U with the respective boards -eif su?
pervisors and councils, and it shall not
exceed Poor cents on each hundred cl>l
'ars' wo:i:ih of a'ssesseJi property.
The bilr finally went over, the hour
foi the special -crder having arrived-.
THT! ICAIM P AIGN FOR 1808.
Populists, Silver Republicans and Dem?
ocrats May Combine.
(By Telegraph.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. 14.?As a .result
? f conferences luekd w'.itniryithe last few
!ay3 between 'the silver iS&ders of via,
,-ious parties, it is understood Chairman
Tones, of tin; Democratic national com
?nittee. Chairman Butler, of the Popu?
list national committee, and Chairman
Town*, of the silver nialtlonal Republi?
can committee, will dssue a Joint mani?
festo in the early part of next week,
with a view to securing common action
by the three organizations in the polit
cal contest of 1S9S. The draft of the
lovument is now in t'he course of pre?
paration. It wuli appeal to 'all those in?
terested in the cause of silver to work
n union and to avoid rival organiisa
t'lons by which their common strength
will he dissipated.
Messrs. Jones. Butler'and Towne will
-onfer further during 'the next ?ew
?lays and the address will then be made
jubllc. On th'e 18th dnsiranl the Arrearl
an bimetallic un'on. of which General
Warner, of Ohio, is president, holds Its
ner-ting here and this is expected to
ilve furfhier cohesion to the joint silver
movement.
'BUCKET SHOPS RAIDED.
(By Telegraph.?
NRW YORK, -Tun. 14.?Captain Mc
Closky and a sqt. 1 of detectives today
ra llied four alleged bucket shops in the
War* Street section and arrested seven?
teen persons. The ra'ds were mode on
warrants issued b> Magistrate Flam
mer.
The place? had been watched for sev?
eral weeks ?nd the warents had been
pr COreidi when the police thought they
?h'al all the evidence necessary.
. Cascarets stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or grip
10c.